One Nation leader Pauline Hanson tells rally Ben Roberts-Smith is a person ‘I respect and I admire’
<p>Hanson compares former soldier’s prosecution for war crimes to her 2003 jailing for electoral fraud, which was later overturned</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, told a rally in support of Ben Roberts-Smith that the former soldier accused of war crimes is a person “I respect and I admire”, before its organiser called for “an army of civilians” to support him.</p><p>About 100 supporters gathered in Rocks Riverside Park in Seventeen Mile Rocks in southern Brisbane on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/07/one-nation-leader-pauline-hanson-tells-rally-ben-roberts-smith-is-a-person-i-respect-and-i-admire-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>